TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1845-47. 353 



Senate, June 24, 1846. 



Mr. Dickinson presented the proceedings and resolutions 

 of a convention of county superintendents of common 

 schools, held at Albany, New York. 



Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. 



The memorial is as follows : 



At a convention of county superintendents of common schools, and 

 friends of education i^enerall}', held at the city of Albany, in the State of 

 New York, on the 12th, 13th, 14th, and loth days of Jlay last, the follow- 

 ing resolutions offered by the Hon. Jabez D. Hammond, of the county of 

 Otsego, were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That while this convention are impressed with profound re- 

 spect and veneration for the memory of the late James Smithson, of Eng- 

 land, and gratitude for his munificent legacy to the United States, made 

 with a view to the increase and dlHusion of knowledge among men, they 

 cannot suppress their deep mortification and painful regret that the repre- 

 sentatives of the people of these United States should have suflered a fund 

 created for such noble and exalted purposes to remain so long unemployed ; 

 and they do respectfully, but most earnestly, recommend to the present 

 Congress to adopt such measures as will carry into immediate effect the 

 benevolent intentions of the philanthropic and liberal donor. 



Resolved, That a copy of this resolution, signed by the president and 

 secretaries, be forwarded to each of the Senators in the Senate of the United 

 States from the State of New York. 



Samuel S. Randall, President. 



Edward Cooper, 



W. Putnam, 



Secretaries. 



Senate, August 7, 1846. 



" An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the 

 increase and diifusion of knowledge among men," was 

 passed over in consequence of v/ant of time for considera- 

 tion. 



Senate, August 10, 1846. 



The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 5) to 

 establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and 

 diifusion of knowledge among men, together with the 

 amendments reported thereto ; and the reported amend- 

 ments having been disagreed to, the bill was reported to the 

 Senate. 



Ordered that it pass to a third reading. The said bill 

 was read a third time. 



On the question, "Shall this bill pass?" It was deter- 

 mined in the atfirmative — ^yeas, 26 ; naj's, 13. 



On motion by Mr. Allen, the yeas and nays being de- 

 sired by one-fifth of the Senators present, 



Those who voted in the affirmative are — 

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